The Calgary Flames came up short in overtime as Scott Niedermayer scored 55 seconds into the extra frame giving the Anaheim Ducks their second win in the past past five days against the Flames. Ex-Duck Todd Bertuzzi opened the scoring with his 14th on the year. Niedermayer scored his first of two on the power play off of a Corey Perry rebound. Curtis Glencross gave the visiting Flames a 2-1 lead shortly after but Brendan Morrison tied it up early in the third before Niedermayer fired home the winner in OT. Miikka Kiprusoff was stellar between the pipes stopping 37 shots in the losing effort.

The Flames rode some brilliant goaltending from Miikka Kiprusoff as the Finnish netminder stopped all 36 shots he faced in a 2-0 shutout against the Los Angeles Kings. Michael Cammalleri fired in a one-timer from Todd Bertuzzi on the power play and Rene Bourque scored his 19th on the season into an empty net with 36 seconds left to seal the deal. The victory put Head Coach, Mike Keenan, into sole possession of 4th place on the all-time wins list with 658.

Calgary earned five out of six points on the three game game road trip after a 7-5 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes. Despite not having a single power play, Calgary managed to put up seven goals, which ties a season high. Matthew Lombardi led the way with two goals and an assist, while Todd Bertuzzi added four helpers. Curtis Glencross added a short handed marker, with Adrian Aucoin, Daymond Langkow, Cory Sarich and Eric Nystorm all netted even strength goals. Cory Sarich had his biggest offensive output of the season with a goal and two assists. Miikka Kiprusoff made 32 saves for his league leading 33rd win.

The Flames and Canucks gave fans at the Pengrowth Saddledome one of the most entertaining games of the season. Jarome Iginla converted on a cross crease feed by Craig Conroy to open the scoring at 9:51 of the first period, his first in eight games. Vancouver knotted things at 1-1 with just 16 seconds left in the first when Ryan Kesler was the beneficiary of a favourable bounce at the Calgary blueline while short handed. Kelser added his second of the game on the power play when he was able to bat the puck out of mid air at 17:05 of the second. Daymond Langkow responded for the Flames just over a minute later when he battled in the Canucks crease and on his third attempt was able to sneak a puck past Luongo on the short side. Rene Bourque put the Flames ahead at 6:52 of the third after he rifled a shot through Loungo's legs. But Vancouver would tie things after pulling Luongo for the extra attacker, when Kevin Bieksa shot a puck from the point that snuck through a crowded Calgary crease. After a scoreless overtime period, Pavol Demitra beat Kiprusoff to ice the shoot out win for Vancouver after Bertuzzi hit the post on a spin-a-rama attempt. Miikka Kiprusoff made 40 saves, while Luongo stopped 38 shots for the win. Jarome Iginla registered a goal and an assist which tied and passed Al MacInnis for second on the all time Calgary Flames points list at 823.

Calgary has now earned points in its last six games with a 3-2 overtime win over the Minnesota Wild. Rene Bourque scored the games only first period goal to give the Flames a 1-0 lead. Dan Fritsche would tie things at 1-1 with a short handed goal, his first goal as a member of the Wild, after getting tangled up with Rene Bourque which caused Bourque to leave the game with a lower body injury. Colton Gillies gave the Wild a one goal lead at 6:56 when he slid one past Kiprusoff, Peter Olvecky would pick up his first NHL point with the assist. Dustin Boyd tied things when he beat a sprawled out Backstrom at 16:10 of the second period. Adrian Aucoin missed on a breakaway in the extra frame, but was able to later bank a shot of Brent Burns that slipped by Backstrom for the 3-2 win in overtime. Kiprusoff made 25 saves in his league leading 34th victory.

BACK-TO-BACK GAMESThe Flames play in back-to-back games 14 times (28 games) during the 2008-09 season During the 2007-08 campaign the Flames played in back-to-back situations 12 times going 6-6-0-0 in the first game and 8-4-0-0 in the second game

FIRST GAME (3-5-1-0) SECOND GAME (2-6-1-0)

Date

Opponent

Result

Date

Opponent

Result

Friday, Oct.17

vs. Edmonton

3-4 L

Saturday, Oct.18

@ Edmonton

2-3 L

Saturday, Nov.1

@ Los Angeles

3-2 W

Sunday, Nov.2

@ Anaheim

2-3 L

Saturday, Nov.8

@ Columbus

1-3 L

Sunday, Nov.9

@ Chicago

1-6 L

Tuesday, Dec.9

@ Montreal

1-4 L

Wed., Dec.10

@ Detroit

3-4 OTL

Tuesday. Dec.16

@ St.Louis

6-3 W

Wed., Dec.17

@ Minnesota

3-2 W (OT)

Saturday, Jan.3

@ Nashville

3-2 W

Sunday, Jan.4

@ Chicago

2-5 L

Saturday, Jan.17

vs. Phoenix

3-4 L

Sunday, Jan.18

@ Colorado

2-6 L

Monday, Feb.2

@ Colorado

3-4 L

Tuesday, Feb.3

@ Dallas

1-3 L

Wed., Feb.11

@ Anaheim

2-3 OTL

Thursday, Feb.12

@ Los Angeles

2-0 W

Thursday, Mar.5

@ Philadelphia

Friday, Mar.6

@ Carolina

Wed., Mar.25

@ Pittsburgh

Thursday, Mar.26

@ Columbus

Thursday, Apr.2

@ Dallas

Friday, Apr.3

@ Minnesota

Monday, Apr.6

vs. Los Angeles

Tuesday, Apr.7

@ Vancouver

Friday, Apr.10

@ Edmonton

Saturday, Apr.11

vs. Edmonton

INDIVIDUAL GOAL SCORING BREAKDOWN

Player

1st

2nd

3rd

OT

SO

1H

2H

HM

RD

Total

Record When Scoring

Aucoin

2

4

3

1

6

4

5

5

10

8-2-0-0

Bertuzzi

6

1

6

1

11

3

7

7

14

6-5-2-0

Bourque

7

6

8

15

6

15

6

21

11-2-2-2

Boyd

3

4

3

8

2

7

3

10

6-3-0-0

Cammalleri

9

7

12

1

15

14

19

10

29

15-5-1-0

Conroy

2

4

5

1

3

3

6

4-0-1-0

Giordano

2

2

2

2

1-1-0-0

Glencross

2

5

3

8

2

5

5

10

7-2-1-0

Iginla

6

7

8

18

3

11

10

21

13-2-0-1

Langkow

4

9

5

15

3

8

10

18

12-3-1-1

Lombardi

5

3

3

5

6

2

8

6-1-0-0

Moss

1

5

10

13

3

12

4

16

11-2-2-0

Nystrom

1

2

2

1

1

2

3

3-0-0-0

Pardy

1

1

1

1

1-0-0-0

Phaneuf

1

5

1

3

4

5

2

7

6-1-0-0

Primeau

Prust

1

1

1

1-0-0-0

Regehr

Roy

1

2

2

1

3

3

2-0-1-0

Sarich

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

2-0-0-0

Sutter

1

1

1

1

1-0-0-0

Vandermeer

TRADED PLAYERS

MULTIPLE POINT GAMES

Goals Assists Points

Player

2

3

4

Total

2

3

4

5

Total

2

3

4

5

Total

Aucoin

2

1

2

2

Bertuzzi

1

1

1

1

1

3

5

1

1

7

Bourque

2

1

3

1

1

10

1

11

Boyd

1

1

1

1

Cammalleri

4

2

6

3

1

4

13

2

1

16

Conroy

1

1

6

1

7

6

2

8

Giordano

1

1

2

2

Glencross

3

3

4

1

5

Iginla

3

1

4

9

1

10

12

2

2

1

17

Langkow

1

1

6

6

9

1

10

Lombardi

1

1

4

4

3

3

6

Moss

1

1

2

2

4

4

Nystrom

Pardy

Phaneuf

4

1

5

6

1

7

Primeau

Prust

Regehr

Roy

Sarich

2

2

1

1

2

Vandermeer

TRADED

RECORD WHEN PLAYER RECORDS MULTIPLE POINT GAME

Player

MP Game

MG Game

MA Game

Aucoin

2-0-0-0

2-0-0-0

Bertuzzi

6-1-0-0

1-0-0-0

3-0-0-0

Bourque

7-0-2-2

2-0-0-1

1-0-0-0

Boyd

1-0-0-0

1-0-0-0

Cammalleri

14-1-1-0

5-1-0-0

4-0-0-0

Conroy

7-0-0-1

1-0-0-0

6-0-0-1

Giordano

2-0-0-0

1-0-0-0

Glencross

3-1-0-1

2-0-0-1

Iginla

14-2-0-1

4-0-0-0

8-2-0-0

Langkow

9-1-0-0

1-0-0-0

6-0-0-0

Lombardi

5-1-0-0

1-0-0-0

4-0-0-0

Moss

2-1-1-0

1-0-0-0

1-1-0-0

Nystrom

Pardy

Phaneuf

5-0-2-0

3-0-2-0

Primeau

Prust

Regehr

Roy

Sarich

2-0-0-0

2-0-0-0

Vandermeer

TRADED

*MP=multiple point, MG=multiple goal, MA=multiple assist

FLAMES POWER PLAY

Goals

Attempts

%

Rank

Overall

47

259

18.2%

17th

Home

28

145

19.3%

15th

Road

19

114

16.7%

22nd

FLAMES RECORD WHEN

W-L-OTL-L/SO

Flames Fail to Score a PP Goal

9-9-3-2

Flames Score 1 PP Goal

16-8-1-0

Flames Score 2 PP Goals

7-1-0-0

Flames Score 3+ PP Goals

2-0-0-0

2-MANPOWER PLAY:

GoalsScored

2-ManAdvantages

%

Overall

5

15

33%

Home

4

12

33%

Road

1

2

50%

Total time on 2-Man power play: 12:53 Average time on 2-Man power play: 0:52